That Removable Storage icon in the tasktray

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When I migrated over to SATA drives I always thought that the removable storage icon was normal to show when no USB/flash drives were connected because SATA drives were designed with hot swap in mind, but I was reading an article on the [H] and they seemed baffled when they received a pre-built PC and the icon was there when no external devices were attached.

So.. whats the norm? Should it be there or not when no USB/flash drives are connected and the system is using SATA drives? I know I can disable the icon completely but I like having it there when I pop in an SD card.

Oh and yes my chipset drivers have been installed and up to date (nForce4/AMD based mobo).
 
My C and D drives show up there too, both internal drives. Tried safely removing D, said could not be completed at this time or something. Didn't feel adventurous enough to try it on C :)

Is that for every SATA drive? Does it show up as a single drive in RAID?
 
Its normal for SATA drives...Just hide it.....

Right click "start" > Properties> Taskbar>Customize> scroll to removable hardware and change to Always hide.......you can try "hide when not in use" also, that might work...I just use "always hide"
 
Crosshairs said:
Its normal for SATA drives...Just hide it.....

Right click "start" > Properties> Taskbar>Customize> scroll to removable hardware and change to Always hide.......you can try "hide when not in use" also, that might work...I just use "always hide"
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Yeah, I like that icon to be there when a flash drive or something is connected though. I'll give the "when not in use" option a try. Gracias!
 
Deathcow said:
My C and D drives show up there too, both internal drives. Tried safely removing D, said could not be completed at this time or something. Didn't feel adventurous enough to try it on C :)

Is that for every SATA drive? Does it show up as a single drive in RAID?
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I think its dependent upon the chipset as to whether or not it shows up. I know it always shows up for me on nForce 4 boards.
 
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